Year 5

Homework 

Each week, children are expected to learn their spellings which will be sent home on a Friday. The spelling test will then be the following Friday. In addition to this, children are expected to read and complete their Read the Rainbow bookmark and log in to Times Table Rockstars to complete Times Table practise daily.

PE  

In year 5, the PE days are Tuesday and Thursday for both classes. Please ensure that your child comes to school wearing school uniform and they will then change in school. 

Trips 

In the Summer term children in year 5 will be taking a school trip to Beckenham Place Park to complete fieldwork related to our Geography learning. In addition to this, we will also be visiting the Royal Opera House along with all other Year 5 in the Harris Federation to sing along to the opera we have been learning ‘The Magic Flute’.

Key Times 

For Year 5, the school day will begin at 8.30, and end at 3.30. Please ensure your child is on time as we complete morning revision each day.

English 

In English, we will be reading ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. We will use this book to support our writing where we will be creating a narrative and persuasive advert. As well as, writing instructions and poetry.

Maths 

In Maths we will start off the term completing our Decimals topic before moving on to negative numbers. After that, we will look at converting units and volume before ending the term consolidating all of our previous learning.

Science 

In Science, we are learning about Animals including Humans. In this topic we will look at the stages of the human life cycle. We will learn about hygiene and animal gestations. In addition to this we will look at height over time and what it is like in later adulthood.

Geography 

We will be learning about our local ecosystem. In this topic we will learn what an ecosystem is and look at food chains. We will use our school trip to complete fieldwork and analyse this fieldwork.

History 

We will continue looking at British history and focus on the medieval period. We will learn about the feudal system and medieval churches. We will look at who the Ipswich man was and how criminals were treated.

RE 

In RE we will focus on Sikhism. We will learn about the 5K’s and what they symbolise. In addition to this, we will learn about how Sikhs show commitment to God through their Holy book and their belief in equality.

Computing 

We will complete topics called Game Creator and 3D Modelling. In these topics will we learn how to create our own game and use IT to create models.

Art 

In Art, we will be completing a topic on textiles. Our artist this half term is Rita Smith. We will be creating pattern pieces to create a mola design. We will learn how to attach pieces together using simple joining methods. Finally, we will take our inspiration from our artist and the Panamanian Kuna tribe.  

Mandarin 

In Mandarin, we will learn new words and vocabulary for our topic ‘My Day’.

PSHE 

In PSHE, we will be learning about ourselves, growing, and changing. We will be thinking about how we can change negative thoughts into positive ones, why hygiene is important, what the reproductive organs are and how our body changes during puberty.

PE 

We will be learning about cricket. We will focus on how to throw the ball with power and accuracy. We will learn about bowling and fielding. In addition to this we will be learning about Hip-Hop. We will learn a motif in the style of Hip-Hop and combine two motifs together.

Music 

We will be investigating styles of music. After that, we will learn different instruments and ways to use body percussion to perform songs.

DT

In Spring term, children will continue to design and create an alarm for a vehicle. This topic will incorporate coding and the children will work with Crumble kits to create their alarm.